Hoover Hull founding partners John David Hoover and Andrew Hull, along with Wayne Turner, former chair of the litigation group
at Bingham Greenebaum Doll, announced Friday that they are creating a new law firm focused on business litigation.

Some are good at networking, others not so good. With the development of the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Indy Attorneys
Network Section, lawyers old and new, those skilled at networking and those not as adept, have found there are always opportunities
to meet and connect with colleagues and that doing so builds camaraderie and strengthens the local legal community.

This year could be described as a historic one for Indiana. The state's ban on gay marriage was overturned by the courts,
and, for the first time, a woman was chosen as chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. In fact, women are leading most
of the courts in Indiana. In 2014, we saw changes in the law schools, a new criminal code implemented, and attorneys in trouble
with the court and the law. (Remember the attorney who doesn't like to wear socks?)

A dispute between a brother and sister as their law firm partnership was dissolving was an employment-related matter covered
by an insurer’s exclusionary clause, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday, reversing a trial court order.

The days of in-house legal departments working in the shadow of the executive suite are history, or should be. That’s
the perception of general counsel in Indiana, who want a seat at the table in setting strategy for their companies and organizations.
A recent Indiana general counsel survey reveals more.

Heather L. Wilson has been named member-in-charge of the Indianapolis office of Frost Brown Todd LLC effective Jan. 1, 2015,
the firm announced. Wilson will succeed Nelson D. Alexander, who has led the office since 2004.

For nearly 37 years, Hays, a partner at Lewis Wagner LLP, has continued to enter courtrooms, building a solid reputation as
a personal injury defense attorney. Now Hays is preparing to take on a new challenge. He is the incoming president of the
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana and will take office in January just as the organization is beginning to implement a new
long-range plan.

According to the all-reliable Internet, the economy is improving. That may mean lawyers will soon be moving from their secure
jobs to (possibly perceived) greener pastures. The act of leaving a law firm implicates several Rules of Professional Conduct
that both law firm management and departing attorneys should be aware of. Here are three things to know about leaving a law
firm.

In a case involving the conflicts that arise and obligations that remain when lawyers move from one firm to another, the Indiana
Court of Appeals concluded that a law firm hired to represent plaintiffs in a medical malpractice lawsuit must be disqualified
based on an attorney’s prior representation of the doctor being sued.

A former Navy SEAL who wrote a book describing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden sued his former lawyers Wednesday for
malpractice, saying they gave him bad advice that tarnished his reputation, cost him his security clearance and caused him
to surrender much of the book's income to the government.

Almost 50 years later, Forrest Bowman Jr. is talking about the murder case involving Indianapolis teen Sylvia Likens, something
he’s not done much of in the past. His just-released book, “Sylvia: The Likens Trial,” presents a thorough,
inside, day-by-day recollection of a trial that captivated and horrified the state in 1966.